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"Mathematical science, which is the only real science that the entire civilized world has agreed upon, furnishes unmistakable proof of history repeating itself and shows that the cycle theory": First Edition of W.D. Gann’s 45 Years in Wall Street
GANN, William Delbert [W.D.].
45 Years In Wall Street.
Miami, FL: W.D. Gann Publishing, 1949.
First edition of Gann's classic 45 Years in Wall Street. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gann. In near fine condition, with a remnant of the rare original dust jacket.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 101764
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“People look to the order of numbers when the world falls apart": First Edition of A Beautiful Mind; Signed by Sylvia Nasar and John F. Nash
NASAR, Sylvia; John F. Nash.
A Beautiful Mind.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of this work, basis for the Academy award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sylvia Nasar and additionally signed by Nobel Laureate and subject John F. Nash on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Timothy Hsu.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 58990
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First Edition of A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása [Mathematical Programming of Investments]; Inscribed by János Kornai
KORNAI, János.
A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása. [Mathematical Programming of Investments].
Budapest: Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, 1962.
First edition of this economic work. Octavo, original light blue cloth, illustrated with graphs and a folding chart at the rear. Presentation copy, inscribed in Hungarian by the author on the title page. In very good condition with some sunning to the spine and a single page detached. A rare example. WorldCat locates nine copies in total: three apiece in Hungary and the US, two in Germany, and one in Switzerland.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146268
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First edition of A Big Life in Advertising; inscribed by Mary Wells Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Mary Wells.
A Big Life in Advertising.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the candid autobiography of one of the most influential figures in advertising history. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 36 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Paul - Thank you for you great and charming ... xxx Mary Wells Lawrence." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146772
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First edition of a celebration of John F. Nash; Inscribed by "one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century" Louis Nirenberg
NASH, John F. and Harold W. Kuhn [Louis Nirenberg and Peter Sarnak].
A Celebration of John F. Nash Jr.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996.
First edition of this collection of Nash's writings. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the mathematician on the title page, "To John Rogay Best wishes Louis Nirenberg." In near fine condition. Edited by Harold W. Kuhn, Louis Nirenberg and Peter Sarnak. Managing editor Morris Weisfeld. Louis Nirenberg was considered one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144405
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First Edition of A Course In Game Theory; Signed by Ariel Rubinstein
OSBORNE, Martin J. and Ariel Rubinstein.
A Course In Game Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994.
First edition of this classic work on game theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ariel Rubinstein on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 112551
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First Edition of A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
HAHN, Frank and Robert Solow.
A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 45079
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A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation
MCCULLOCH, J.R.
A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, 1834.
Early edition of this important work on international trade, it contains a plethora of contemporary commercial and maritime laws, international business practices, financial institutions, currencies, ports and the imports and exports of different nations. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 74059
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"If I've inspired you, now you've inspired me": First Edition of John Rothchild's A Fool and His Money; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
ROTHCHILD, John.
A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.
New York: Viking, 1988.
First edition of "the funniest book about investing ever written" (New York Post). Octavo, original half coth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Dear John, If I've inspired you, now you've inspired me. Best wishes, John Rothchild." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Rafal Olbinski.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 102598
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"For it is this understanding which, in part, promotes a climate of freedom within which fruitful and genuinely new ideas- and the science of economics- can progress and prosper": First Edition of A History of Economic Theory and Method; Lengthily Inscribed by Robert Ekelund
ROBERT B. EKELUND, Jr. and Robert F. Hebert.
A History of Economic Theory and Method.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Small quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Robert Ekelund on the half-title page, "For John Rogers- For it is this understanding which, in part, promotes a climate of freedom within which fruitful and genuinely new ideas- and the science of economics- can progress and prosper. With all good regards and wishes Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. (Bob Ekelund) March 25, 2015." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 72763
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"The Leading And Most Persuasive Explanation of the worst economic Distaster In American History": First Edition of A Monetary History of the United States
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth. Review copy, with the slip adhered to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146725
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First Edition of A Money Mind At Ninety; Warmly Inscribed by Philip Carret
CARRET, Philip L.
A Money Mind At Ninety.
Burlington, VT: Fraser Publishing Company, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor and founder (in 1928) of Pioneer Fund, one of the first mutual funds in the United States . Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dick and Connie Dubie With pleasant memories of association on investments committee of the Pension Board. Phil Carret." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147180
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First edition of J. E. Meade's A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth; in the rare original dust jacket
MEADE, James E.
A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1961.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's early work on economic growth models. Octavo, original cloth, top edge blue. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 115377
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Milton Friedman's A Program for Monetary Stability
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
A Program for Monetary Stability.
New York: Fordham University Press, 1961.
First edition, second printing of the author's Moorhouse I. X. Miller Lectures given at Fordham University in October 1959. Octavo, original gray cloth with green titles. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146654
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"In this book I take you on a random walk down Wall Street, providing a guided tour of the complexities of finance": First Edition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with best wishes Burt." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133519
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First Edition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 140658
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First Edition of the 50th anniversary of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pete Garceau. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140797
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"In this book I take you on a random walk down Wall Street, providing a guided tour of the complexities of finance": First Edition of A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Lengthily Signed by Burton Malkiel
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this Wall Street classic. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a transcription from the book as follows, "In this book I take you on a random walk down Wall Street, providing a guided tour of the complexities of finance. Burt Malkiel." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 147136
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FIRST EDITION OF J.M. KEYNES' A REVISION OF THE TREATY; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
A Revision of the Treaty. Being A Sequel To The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1922.
First edition of Keynes' classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146084
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First edition of Peter Diamond's A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982; signed by him
DIAMOND, Peter.
A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982.
Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Diamond at the 1982 Wicksell lectures. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114504